BIB-VERSION:: CS-TR-v2.0 ID:: STAN//NA-M-81-12 ENTRY:: January 28, 1996 ORGANIZATION:: Stanford University, Department of Computer Science, Numerical Analysis Project TITLE:: Group velocity in finite difference schemes TYPE:: Manuscript AUTHOR:: Trefethen, Lloyd N. DATE:: April 1981 PAGES:: 38 ABSTRACT:: The relevance of group velocity to the behavior of finite difference models of time-dependent partial differential equations is surveyed and illustrated. Applications involve the propagation of wave packets in one and two dimensions, numerical dispersion, the behavior of parasitic waves, and the stability analysis of initial boundary-value problems. NOTES:: [Adminitrivia V1/Prg/19960128] END:: STAN//NA-M-81-12